As the 2011/2012 season in Dubai comes to an end at 360º this May we have to thank you to all of you who have taken time out to come to our events. It has truly been a amazing season for us with us booking most of our wishlist DJ’s. On Thursday 03 May we’ll be welcoming our last international guest to the decks of 360º, a bright young star of the South African scene and a lad who has achieved so much in a short space of time. Ladies and Gentlemen, hot off the heels of his Japanese tour it is with great pleasure that we give Culoe De Song his Middle East debut with us. Click Here for the event on facebook.

Born in the northern parts of South Africa’s east coast, Culolethu Zulu, also known as “Culoe De Song”, hasn’t looked back after putting passion in the forefront of his life. He’s been living music ever since his talent, as a Dj & Producer was acknowledged not too long ago.

Culoe’s serious music career began in early 2007 where he produced a piece that made him a feature in Black Coffee’s second offering, “Have Another One”. The track was named “100 Zulu Warriors” & carries a fundamental importance for Culoe De Song as he regards it as ‘his beginning’ in the circle of music in South Africa. Comes the year 2008, he produced a number of projects that gained him international recognition and performed alongside international acts such as Rocco & Manoo. This was after his performance as Dj was noted by the likes of Dj Christos, one of South Africa’s pioneers in the dance music scene.

He then joins Soulistic Music, a label founded by Black Coffee and till this moment it’s been a great adventure for Culoe De Song as a member of this family. Tracks such as “Dwellers of the Jungle”, “Inspiration”, “100 Zulu Warriors (Remix)” made compilation releases in South Africa.

Culoe De Song also achieved a great involvement with the Red Bull Music Academy after being selected to be one of the worldwide participants to attend the Academy in Barcelona, Spain in 2008. During that time Culoe De Song performed in places such as Club Macarena & Fellini in Barcelona.

In the year 2009, Culoe De Song signed under Germany’s Innervisions, a family of acts such as Dixon, Ame, Henrik Schwarz… releasing tracks such as “The Bright Forest”, “Super Afro” & “African Subway”. Also, he is now working on a number of projects as part of his emerging international introduction, including the Reggie Dokes “ Let Me Go” EP released on Boddhi Satva’s Offering Recordings, Belgium.

Culoe De Song is working towards making a number of world appearances & portraying the best image of what lies in the inside his heart. He also performed in the 2009 Sonar Festival in Barcelona, Spain…

2009 also saw Culoe put together his debut self produced offering titled “A Giant Leap” which was nominated for the SAMA(South African Music Awards) and the Namibian Museke Awards. Culoe is currently travelling the world performing in various international stages.

It seems like the seasons just go quicker and quicker. We can’t believe that we’re nearly in May! April see’s another UK house music pioneer gracing the decks of 360º – Danny Ward aka Double D aka Moodymanc (the man behind the stunning percussion of 20:20 Soundsystem) makes the trip over from Manchester UK on 19 April 2012 to tell us his musical story.

For more information the Danny please click on the link below:

Moodymanc (20:20 Soundsystem)

19 April 2012 – 360º, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

We’re bringing in the big guns this March with 3 international guests. On 15th March Kiko Navarro (our exclusive international resident DJ) returning after a storming set on new years eve. March also see’s two new faces coming to the UAE, both of which have been on our wishlist for a very long time. 1st March see’s Room 26 resident DJ and Italian house music legend – Luis Radio making his UAE debut & on 29th March we welcome Atjazz to 360º for the very first time, he’s taking time out of his busy studio and festival schedule to come and play for us which we’re extremely excited about!

For more information the artists please click on their names below:

Luis Radio (Room 26, Italy)

1st March 2012 – 360º, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

Kiko Navarro (King Street Sounds, Spain)

15th March 2012 – 360º, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

Atjazz (Atjazz Record Company, UK)

29th March 2012 – 360º, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

The season seems to be flying by, and before we know it we’ll be into the warmer months of March and April (look out for the line ups coming soon on these, they won’t disappoint!). As we head into Feb we’re excited to be bringing 3 special events to the UAE. 1 international guest at two venues and 1 special one off party at 360º, see below for details.

Peter Oakden (Soul Free Records, UK)

16th February – 360º, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai
17th February – Sea Lounge, Monte-Carlo Beach Club, Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi

Eclectic Circle – 25 years of house with Buff Wise.

Join Buff Wise as he celebrates 25 years in the house music industry with an extended 6 hour set at the decks of 360º. Expect everything from 1987 to date.

25th February – 360º, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

Image courtesy of Kirill Fedorov & Video courtesy of DJ Soulfisher.

If you missed out on our FREE cd giveaway at our recent Christmas Party at 360º then you are now in for a belated Christmas present from us. We’ve now uploaded the mix for everyone to listen and download. Track list is below:

MustHaveSoul Xmas 2011 mixed by Simon Reid

1 – Bucie – Get Over It (Ezel Remix)
2 – Martin East Project – Wisdom Of A Million Years (Groove Assassin Remix)
3 – Zepherin Saint – Midnight Mawal (Vocal Mix)
4 – Black Motion – Banana Mavoko (Real Clap)
5 – Timmy Regisford feat. Lynn Lockamy – At The Club (Rocco Deep Mix)
6 – T3n – Live 4 Now (Original Mix)
7 – Kings Of Tomorrow feat April – Take Me Back (Atjazz Afrotech Remix)
8 – DJ Sabelo – Prayer Drums (Drummapella Mix) Acapella – Roland Clark – Presidents House
9 – Maya Jane Coles – Simple Things
10 – Osunlade – Envisions (Ame Remix)

Both audio tonic and MustHaveSoul are known for bringing the most innovative and forward thinking acts in the region. They both play a very unique but similar sound and interlink perfectly, which is why on 31st December 2011 they will join forces and bring 2 of their most sought after and popular guests… JIMPSTER & KIKO NAVARRO with support from Mr Mr, Simon Reid & Tristan Bain.

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE.

8pm – LATE / 21+
AED 500 (includes a glass of bubbly & canapés)
Tickets also available in person at Jumeirah Beach hotel Festive Desk.
Call 04 348 0000 (and ask for the festive desk) or 056 682 6617 (after 3pm) for more details and table bookings.

If you’d like to do NY in style and requirre a table @ 360º, please call 056 682 6617 daily from 3pm where a member of the reservation team will be happy to assist.

We’ve saved some of the best til last as we head into the final month of the year. We’ve had another amazing year and we’re pushing bigger and better for 2012 with more events and bigger DJs in the pipeline. For the time being we’re extremely happy to be welcoming back one of our favourites from last season – KARIZMA on 1st December plus we’re having a special Residents Xmas party on 15th December before we concentrate all of our efforts on the big one – New Years Eve – More details coming on this very special event in a separate post.

Karizma (R2 Records, USA)

1st December – 360º, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

Baltimore’s own house don, in the form of Kohesive recordings main man Karizma. Karizma’s musical career started with him djing at age 13, doing various fashion shows and college parties. He landed a radio show on Baltimore’s college radio station WEAA, playing hip hop and at the same time was playing at various clubs around the city showing an obvious love for house music. Around this time he would often bump into DJ Spen and bug him for advice. As fate would have it Spen and Karizma would work together at radio station V103. This prompted the two to work together on Spen’s 1st Jasper street company album project. Karizma contributed the song E.B.W.2.R.T.W (Everybody wants 2 rule the world) and did drum programming on the track “Temptation”.

After this Spen & Karizma worked on Kim English’s “Tommorrow”, Mary J Blige’s “Beautiful”, Kenny Bobien’s “Let me show you” and SuSu Bobien’s “Thank you”… the rest is history. Spen and Karizma (now with Basement Boys productions), went on to remix Everything but the Girl, Amira, Lenny Kravitz, Ann Nesby, Ron Carroll, Roy Ayers, Boris Dlugosh, Bob Sinclar, Kathy Brown, Jocelyn Brown and Ministers de la Funk to name a few. It was in these remixes Karizma developed the “deepah dubs” and “deepah ones” moniker for his rendition of the remixes.

Flashing forward… after a healthy career of remixes and productions, Karizma struck out on his own a formed Kohesive Productions. His first production “Samma Ganni” was released on Basement boys imprint “Elphunk”. His remixes, credits and productions are heard weekly at the “Sky Lounge” bar on Thursdays, his residency in Baltimore. Many of his productions have championed the likes of Louie Vega, Simon Dunmore, Dj Spinna, Marques Wyatt, Tony Humphries and many more.

Karizma is also an accomplished international DJ, one of the most innovative on the scene, who is known for destroying the Powerhouse room at the legendary Southport Weekender in 2006, and the rest is indeed history….

MustHaveSoul Xmas Residents Party

15th November – 360º, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai

DJs: Simon Reid, Tristan Bain, Conan Liquid & Dan Chadwick.

After celebrating an amazing second birthday party with DJ Spen we’re now looking forward to our next guest landing on the shores of the UAE. On 11th November we celebrate the Grand Prix being back in Abu Dhabi with Parisian house maestro – DJ Yass. No stranger to playing at MustHaveSoul parties Yass is the perfect choice for our ultra chic Sea Lounge parties at Monte-Carlo Beach Club, Saadiyat. CLICK HERE for more info on the event.